4 Omnicron Pilots

2 with ion cannons

2 with ion cannons and tactician.

Total 100pts

So basically this has a lot of hull to chew threw an ionize and stress stuff and cover most of the bored with its firing arks.

Let me know what you think.

I sure hope nothing gets behind you.

I played a game the other day with 5 Green Squadron A-wings against a shuttle / bomber / phantom. The shuttle went down in one round of shooting against the A-wings (some at range 1, 1 with outmaneuver, 1 with opportunist). It seems like it'd be really easy to get behind you and never worry about you at all.

A-wings and interceptors will toy you around like crazy.

so basically once a phantom gets behind you, you die because without engine upgrade you never get turned around

Not a competitive build imo.

Easy yo get behind and with for large bases not always easy to be able to have them all shoot in one round

While it is a lot of hp, with only 1 agility it's pretty easy to chew through it fast, and once your behind them it's even easier

As a newb, I could see this work. One Lambda is surly a good investment.
Two is pushing it with a list, even more is a gamble, but Ion can lay down a lot of hurt when firing at the same ship.

The biggest problem I see with this is not really how well it plays, because it looks like a fun way to play the game.
The issue is actually buying 3 Lambdas more than one usually needs, I would not invest like that. Sure if I can borrow 2-3 lambdas, why not even bring them to a tournament just for fun.

not really a problem, I have five of them.... lol

If you try this, I would fly one or two in the back, so they can soot at anyone who gets by the front line. I think it's suicide to run a lambda without engine upgrade, but others will disagree. I'd probably drop 2 shuttles, add a firespray if you want another large base. I think it will be hard to stay out of your own way, poor dials and large bases + rocks. 3 with engine upgrade might be made to work... I think there are a couple of decent 3 shuttle builds out there. If you want to run it on vassal and see how it goes, PM me and we will put it through it's paces. I am an average player, not world class, not terrible.

I think the question is a valid one though - what is your plan for when they get behind you?

One thing about any spam list is that the weaknesses tht a ship has are amplified, when they could be mitigated with other ships. The lamda's problem is it's dial, so escorts that can shoot the gnats off of you really help mitigate that weakness and let the lambda continue to be a tank. it it has to turn around to deal with the gnats, thats probably 2 turns out of the fight, etc. Generally, I am not a fan of spam lists for this reason, though the tie swarm is pretty effective. Run what you like, but I would run this a few times first before you settle on it. vassal is a great way to try it out.

Ome of them needs to have Vader as crew.